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Getting to Indonesia

The principal gateways for entry to Indonesia are Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang (just at the outskirt of Jakarta) and Bali’s Ngurah Rai International Airport. There are several other Airports and Seaports as follow:

How to get to Indonesia
Source: Directorate General of Immigration

Garuda Indonesia, the national flight carrier, serves flights to several cities in Southeast Asia, East Asia, Australia, Saudi Arabia, and Amsterdam. The airline is also a member of Sky Team Group.

Indonesia has ports and ferries that serve international routes to neighboring countries such as Singapore, Malaysia, and the Philippines. While, cruise ships service is available through 5 ports, namely Jakarta’s Tanjung Priok Port, Surabaya’s Tanjung Perak Port, Medan’s Belawan Port, Makassar’s Soekarno Hatta Port and Bali’s Tanjung Benoa Port.

Indonesia shares land borders with three countries: Timor Leste in Timor Island, Malaysia in Borneo, and Papua New Guinea in Papua. From Malaysia, regular buses between Kuching (Sarawak, eastern Malaysia) and Pontianak (West Kalimantan) pass through the border post at Entikong. The only land crossing that connects the Indonesian province of Papua and Papua New Guinea is the Skouw Border Post situated at Muaratami District which is about 60Km from Jayapura, the capital city of Papua Province.